Lloyd van Dams

Lloyd Daniël van Dams (5 March 1972 – 29 December 2021), also known as The Tornado, was a Surinamese-born Dutch heavyweight kickboxer. He was a Dutch, European, and World Muay Thai champion. Known for his durability, Van Dams was never knocked out in 84 professional fights (though he was defeated once via TKO from exhaustion). He held notable wins over Remy Bonjasky, Brian Douwes, Alexander Ustinov, Bjorn Bregy, and Brecht Wallis. Van Dams also competed in mixed martial arts.

Life and career

Van Dams was born in Suriname on 5 March 1972, and moved to the Netherlands when he was seven years old. He began training kickboxing when he was 12 at SWSU, a Surinamese-Dutch gym in Utrecht. When he was good enough, his trainer decided to take him to Chakuriki. Van Dams had his first professional fight at the age of 18.

When he was 20 he moved from Utrecht to Dordrecht and began training with Jan Vleesenbeek. This trainer was known for his hard training methods, which suited Van Dams very well. When Vleesenbeek decided to stop training, Van Dams moved to a gym called "Survivor" in Breda.

When facing problems in his personal life in 1996, Van Dams moved back to Utrecht. He went training at Chakuriki Gym in Amsterdam, under Thom Harinck and developed himself as one of the top fighters of the gym.

In 1999, he made his K-1 debut at the K-1 Braves '99. After beating Matt Skelton in the semi-finals he lost to Xhavit Bajrami at the finals. After a few years, Van Dams made his comeback in 2005. First he fought at an 8-man tourney "Fight at the Border" in Belgium, where he lost on his comeback to Petar Majstorovic by unanimous decision. A week later he won a 4-man tournament in Romania. He defeated Pavel Majer and Alben Belinski.

In 2006, Van Dams opened his own gym, Fight Club Van Dams in Utrecht, Netherlands. He died from heart disease on 29 December 2021, at the age of 49.

Titles

• 2010 Amsterdam Fight Club 4 man tournament champion
• 2004 King Of The Ring World GP tournament champion
• 2001 K-1 World Grand Prix in Fukuoka Repechage A Runner Up
• 2000 WFCA World champion
• 1999 WMTA World champion
• 1998 EMTA European champion
• 1998 KO-Power Tournament champion
• 1997 Battle of the Best tournament champion
• 1996 NKBB Dutch champion

Kickboxing record

Template:Kickboxing record start |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2010-02-27 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Benjey Zimmerman || Amsterdam Fightclub: Rotterdam vs Amsterdam || Amsterdam, Netherlands || Decision (unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | Wins Amsterdam Fightclub 4 man tournament title |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2010-02-27 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Brian Douwes || Amsterdam Fightclub: Rotterdam vs Amsterdam || Amsterdam, Netherlands || Decision (unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 |- bgcolor="#c5d2ea" | 2009-05-31 || Draw ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Anderson Silva || Next Generation Warriors 3 || Utrecht, Netherlands || Decision draw || 3 || 3:00 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2008-12-29 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Ron Ritter || The Return of the Boys || Paramaribo, Suriname || KO (low kicks) || 1 || |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2008-11-23 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Samir Benazzouz || RingSensation || The Hague, Netherlands || Decision (unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2007-08-11 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Ryuta Noji || Heat4 || Nagoya, Japan || Decision (unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 |- bgcolor="#c5d2ea" | 2006-12-16 || Draw ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Wisam Feyli || Travelfight Arena || Uppsala, Sweden || Decision draw || 3 || 3:00 |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2006-10-08 || Loss ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Alexander Ustinov || The Battle of Arnhem V || Arnhem, Netherlands || Decision (unanimous) || 5 || 3:00 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | Fight was for WFCA World Thaiboxing Super Heavyweight (+100 kg) title |- |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2006-05-13 || Loss ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Semmy Schilt || K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Amsterdam || Amsterdam, Netherlands || Decision (unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2006-03-26 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Brecht Wallis || Balans Fight Night || Tilburg, Netherlands || Decision (unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2005-12-18 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Alben Belinski || Local Kombat 18 "Revanşa" Final || Constanta, Romania || Decision (unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | Wins Local Kombat 18 tournament title |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2005-12-18 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Pavel Majer || Local Kombat 18 "Revanşa" Semifinal || Constanta, Romania || Decision (unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2005-12-10 || Loss ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Petar Majstorovic || Fights at the Border IV, quarter finals || Lommel, Belgium || Decision (unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2005-04-30 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Achmed Jattari || Queens Fight Night || Eindhoven, Netherlands || || || |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2004-12-10 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Nenad Nedimovic || Local Kombat 11: Intepeneste Valcea || Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania || KO || 2 || |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2004-05-29 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Jerrel Venetiaan || King of the Ring World GP, Final || Venice, Italy || Decision (unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | Wins King of the Ring World Grand Prix tournament title |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2004-05-29 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Alexander Ustinov || King of the Ring World GP, semi final || Venice, Italy || Decision (split) || 3 || 3:00 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2004-05-29 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Robert Byceck || King of the Ring World GP, quarter final || Venice, Italy || KO (left low kick) || 1 || 1:03 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2003-05-31 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Ait Daouda || Muay Thai Express 1 || Rotterdam, Netherlands || TKO (corner stoppage) || 3 || |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2002-08-10 || Loss ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Lechi Kurbanov || 8.10 ICHIGEKI || Tokyo, Japan || Decision (unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2002-07-07 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Sean Johnson || Bad Boys Day part 1 || Utrecht, Netherlands || TKO (low kicks) || 1 || |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2001-10-08 || Loss ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Francisco Filho || K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Fukuoka || Fukuoka, Japan || Decision (majority) || 3 || 3:00 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2001-10-08 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Matt Skelton || K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Fukuoka || Fukuoka, Japan || Decision (unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2001-07-20 || Loss ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Alexey Ignashov || K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Nagoya, Final || Nagoya, Japan || Ext. R Decision (unanimous) || 4 || 3:00 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | Fight was for K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Nagoya tournament title |- |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2001-07-20 || Loss ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Mike Bernardo || K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Nagoya, semi final || Nagoya, Japan || Ext. R decision (majority) || 4 || 3:00 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2001-07-20 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Bjorn Bregy || K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Nagoya, quarter final || Nagoya, Japan || Decision (unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2001-04-15 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Tooru Oishi || K-1 Burning 2001 || Kumamoto, Japan || Decision (unanimous) || 5 || 3:00 |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2000-12-12 || Loss ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Alexey Ignashov || It's Showtime - Christmas Edition || Haarlem, Netherlands || TKO (Exhaustion) || 5 || 3:00 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2000-10-08 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Peter Verschuren || Victory or Hell part I || Amsterdam, Netherlands || TKO (ref stop/Three knockdowns) || 3 || |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2000-07-30 || Loss ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Ernesto Hoost || K-1 World Grand Prix 2000 in Nagoya, semi final || Nagoya, Japan || Decision (majority) || 3 || 3:00 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2000-07-30 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Tatsufumi Tomihira || K-1 World Grand Prix 2000 in Nagoya, quarter final || Nagoya, Japan || KO || 2 || 2:07 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2000-04-23 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Samir Benazzouz || K-1 The Millennium || Osaka, Japan || Decision (unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 1999-10-21 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Rene Rooze || || Haarlem, Netherlands || Decision (unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 1999-10-05 || Loss ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Peter Aerts || K-1 World Grand Prix '99 opening round || Osaka, Japan || Decision (unanimous) || 5 || 3:00 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | Fails to qualify for the K-1 World Grand Prix 1999 final. |- |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 1999-06-20 || Loss ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Xhavit Bajrami || K-1 Braves '99, Final || Japan || Ext R decision (unanimous) || 4 || 3:00 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | Fight was for K-1 Braves '99 tournament title |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 1999-06-20 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Matt Skelton || K-1 Braves '99, semi final || Japan || Ext R decision (unanimous) || 4 || 3:00 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 1999-06-20 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Tomasz Kucharzewski || K-1 Braves '99, quarter final || Japan || KO (right low kick) || 2 || 1:48 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 1999-03-27 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Bob Schreiber || The Fight of the Gladiators || Amsterdam, Netherlands || Decision (unanimous) || 5 || 3:00 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | Wins WMTA Super Heavyweight Muaythai World title |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 1998-09-26 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon William van Rosmalen || The Fight of the Champions || Amsterdam, Netherlands || Decision (unanimous) || 5 || 3:00 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | Wins EMTA Super Heavyweight Muaythai European title |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 1998-05-31 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Bob Schreiber || Fight of the Decade || Amsterdam, Netherlands || TKO (corner stoppage) || 4 || |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 1998-04-14 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Remy Bonjasky || Muay Thai Power tournament, Final || Amsterdam, Netherlands || Decision (unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | Wins Muay Thai Power tournament title |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 1998-04-14 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Peter Kramer || Muay Thai Power tournament, semi final || Amsterdam, Netherlands || Decision (unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 1998-02-15 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Richard Paans || Thai/Kickboxing in Nijmegen || Nijmegen, Netherlands || KO || 1 || |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 1997-11-27 || Loss ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Peter Verschuren || Thaiboxing in Amsterdam || Amsterdam, Netherlands || Decision (unanimous) || 5 || 3:00 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 1997-05-11 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Pedro Rizzo || Battle of the Best tournament, Final || Den Bosch, Netherlands || TKO (corner stoppage) || 2 || |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | Wins Battle of the Best tournament title |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 1997-05-11 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Perry Telgt || Battle of the Best tournament, semi final || Den Bosch, Netherlands || Decision (unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 1997-05-11 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Peter Verschuren || Battle of the Best tournament, quarter final || Den Bosch, Netherlands || KO || 1 || |-

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Mixed martial arts record

Template:MMA record start |- | style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss |align=center|0-1 |Template:Flagicon Gary Goodridge |TKO (punches) |Pride Shockwave |Template:Dts |align=center|1 |align=center|3:39 |Tokyo, Japan |

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See also

• List of male kickboxers
• List of K-1 events

References

• http://www.boutreview.com/fightsspiral/royd_vandam.html

External links

• FC Van Dams Official site